The Times fought for Eddie Gilfoyle but if he speaks to us now he goes back to jail

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Eddie Gilfoyle’s loyal supporters have played a crucial role in highlighting the gaps in his case, which have led senior figures to believe that he was wrongly convicted of murder.

His sister Sue married a police sergeant, Paul Caddick. It was Mr Caddick, as an off-duty officer, who made the terrible discovery of Mrs Gilfoyle’s hanged body in her garage on June 4 1992. Contacted by relatives to say the pregnant woman had vanished, he reported her missing to the force and then began his own search.

In the 18-year struggle to clear his name, Gilfoyle has changed his defence